摘 要: | Since 1984 China has launched 2 experimental and 4 operational communications satellites which have played an important role in the national e-conomic construction. TV transmission, TV education, long distance telephone and telegraph, data transfer in finance and railway traffic, etc.. This paper describes the status and features of these satellites in detail. Now, a new communications satellite with medium capacity , designated Dong-fanghong-3 (DFH-3), is under development and scheduled to be launched later 1993. It is also the first satellite that will be under commercial management in China.
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